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Conventional Software Development with Jeremy D. Miller

Tue, 03 May 2011 18:21:31 GMT

In this episode, Keith and Woody sit down with Jeremy D. Miller to discuss the importance of importance of conventional programming and how it can save time and improve the qualities of your development projects. Jeremy gives the guys a lot of examples and we chat about many open source projects for .NET developers.

The Futures of the F# Language with Luke Hoban

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:45:52 GMT

In this episode Keith and Woody sit down with F# Program Manager Luke Hoban at TechEd 2010 to discuss the futures of the F# language. Luke gave the guys the scoop on what developers can accomplish with F# and what the team has planned for upcoming releases of F# with Visual Studio.

Deep Fried Bytes: Moving Applications to the Cloud on Windows Azure

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:48:55 GMT

In this episode Woody sat down two members of the Patterns & Practices Cloud Guidance team at Microsoft to discuss Azure and the ways to get legacy applications to the Cloud. Also discussed during the interview was SQL Azure and Identity and Security in Azure.

Deep Fried Bytes 52: Learning Dark Arts of Debugging from Scott Walker

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:04:26 GMT

Have you always wanted to learn more about debugging your software? Or just really want to know what your software is doing especially when it has bugs? We have a treat for you. In this episode, Keith and Woody sat down with Scott Walker to get some tips and tricks for setting up a debugging environment first and then how to use the tools properly to fix those nasty errors your customers and users keep having.

Behind the Scenes of the .NET Languages with Luca Bolognes

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:55:16 GMT

Ever wonder how your favorite features from C#, VB.NET and F# get selected, implemented and finally reach your fingers? We did too and we found a great person to get the behind the scenes story from Building 41 in Redmond. In this episode, Keith and Woody sat down with Luca Bolognese, former Group Program Manager at Microsoft, to discuss how the languages team decides which features to include in the .NET languages. We learn also what is coming in NET 4. Join us for this episode as we uncover some hints on what may be coming in the .NET future, something you don't want to miss!

Deep Fried Bytes 47: What's Coming in Silverlight 4 with Jesse Liberty

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:18:28 GMT

Silverlight 4 is just around the corner and it is the one technology a lot of developers are waiting on to build the next generation of rich Internet applications. In this episode Keith and Woody caught up with Jesse Liberty at the Professional Developers Conference and discussed what's coming in Silverlight 4 and what it means for developers.

Deep Fried Bytes 44: Soft Skills Every Developer Needs w/ Brian Prince

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:33:12 GMT

According to Wikipedia the definition for Soft skills is a sociological term relating to a person's EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people. Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a person's IQ), which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities.In this episode, In this episode Keith and Woody sat down with Brian Prince, Developer/Architect Evangelist for Microsoft, to discuss the soft skills developers and software engineers need. Brian has been speaking at conferences about soft skills for many years. In true Deep Fried fashion this show is chalk full of stories. The guys discuss tips for handling one's career as well as life work balance, sales and communication.

Episode 43: Talking OData and SQL Modeling Services with Douglas Purdy

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:15:03 GMT

In this episode, Keith and Woody sit down at PDC 2009 with Microsoft's Douglas Purdy to discuss all things data. Do you remember Oslo from the previous PDC event? Well Oslo has been rebranded to SQL Server Modeling Services to help developers store and manage models for the enterprise. Modeling Services enables you to more productive when building and managing data-driven applications. The guys also get the low down from Douglas on a new web protocol for querying and updating data called OData.

Deep Fried Bytes Pod w/ da Gu

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:30:01 GMT

Deep Fried Bytes Pod w/ da Gu '09

Deep Fried Bytes Episode 36: What Happens In The Speaker's Lounge

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:28:34 GMT

In this episode Keith sits down with a bunch of speakers at the DevLink 2009 conference held in Nashville, TN. It isn't every day one gets to hear what other speakers talk about and that's why we titled the show the way we did. Listen in to learn how much time speakers devote to the community, why they do it, why some are getting tired and why the developer community can be so rude at times.

Why Comments Are Evil and Pair Programming

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:36:06 GMT

In this episode Keith and Woody sit down with friend and traveling developer Corey Haines. Here's a question, how many times have you written comments in your code? Probably a lot! In this show Corey gives some valid reasons why developers shouldn't have comments in their code. The guys also discuss pair programming, what it is, how it is done, and the benefits of doing it.

Deep Fried Bytes Episode 33: Getting the Scoop About Olso and M with

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:24:00 GMT

Keith and Woody speak with the first repeat guest of the podcast, Shawn Wildermuth about Oslo and the M language. In this episode listeners will get some real world examples and use cases for using Oslo and M along with a clearer understanding about DSLs and what the future may hold.

The Next 20 People .NET Developers Should Follow on Twitter

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:16:02 GMT

Here is another setup of top 20 .NET Developers on Twitter that you should consider following... This is the second installation from his previous post of top 20 .NET Developers on Twitter... These two posts equal 40 people you might want to follow!

Talking Software Performance with Rico Mariani

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:56:20 GMT

In this episode Keith and Woody sit down with Mr. Performance, Rico Mariani, the Chief Architect for Visual Studio at Microsoft. Rico has been at Microsoft for 20 years. Before taking on his role as Chief Architect, he spent 5 years working on performance in one capacity or another.

Deep Fried Bytes: Windows Azure - The Overlord in the Cloud

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:24:48 GMT

A discussion with Steve Marx, Program Manager for Windows Azure, about the new Windows Azure service from Microsoft.

Deep Fried Bytes: Looking into the Crystal Ball about C# 4.0

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:09:29 GMT

One of the most exciting announcements from PDC was the news about C# 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. With all the excitement and discussion throughout the event about these new developer tools, we reached out to two experts in the fields. Charlie Calvert and Bill Wagner sat down with Keith and Woody to answer some questions and discussed their new books on LINQ and C# . We also have a short talk with Jason McConnell of the Surface team.

Deep Fried Bytes: PDC Roundtable w/ StackOverflow & Herding Code

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:17:05 GMT

Keith and Woody grabbed a few other podcasters to have a roundtable discussion on the last day of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in October 2008. The discussion was very lively and after you listen to this first part head over to the Herding Code podcast to listen to the conclusion of the discussion from PDC.

Deep Fried Bytes: Discussions about Linux and Gnome with Luis Villa

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:36:50 GMT

A wrap up talk with Linux developer, open source advocate and law student Luis Villa who was an early developer of Gnome to discuss Gnome, the Open Source community and even about intellectual property and the law.

Community Convergence XLVII

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:46:36 GMT

Welcome to the 47th Community Convergence. We had a very successful trip to PDC this year. In this post I'll outline some of the highlights, and give you a chance to share in some of the excitement by linking to online versions of the talks from the C#, VB, IronRuby, IronPython and F# teams. Speakers at these talks include Anders Hejlsberg, Luca Bolognese, Paul Vick, Lucian Wischik, Dustin Campbell and Alex Turner. Several of these talks were among the top rated events at the conference, with Anders' talk once again garnering the most attention and generating the most excitement.

nPlus1.org: A New Resource For Architects

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:46:04 GMT

I came across a new resource for developers and architects at nPlus1.org. With it just recently going live, this user submission site holds a lot of promise on the information that will be provided.

Running an Agile Team, A Year Later

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:01:02 GMT

Are you holding back on adopting Agile practices? Listen in as Sara Ford, Codeplex Program Manager, explains first hand the benefits of working in an Agile team and why she wouldn't go back to the traditional Microsoft methodology.

LINQ'ing the Future of Development with Jim Wooley

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:31:02 GMT

The latest version of the .Net Framework includes a technology called LINQ. Developers are digging their teeth into it and Deep Fried Bytes is here to help with them work out the KINQs in LINQ. Keith and Woody sit down with Jim Wooley and discuss the truths, gotchas and a few rusty washers about LINQ.

Staying Sane in Today's Software Development World with Billy Hollis

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:47:27 GMT

Even the best developers on the planet have concerns about how fast new technology is being released and the impact it is having on today's developers. Do you feel overwhelmed and are afraid that you are getting behind learning new Microsoft technologies like WPF, WCF, WF and Silverlight? Keith and Woody sat down with Billy Hollis and had a therapy session to get down to why and how we can cope with learning these new technologies.

Deep Fried Bytes: Going Home with the Home Server Team

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:30:05 GMT

Home server is an exciting consumer based product that is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access. Keith and Woody sit down with Jonas Svensson and Brendan Grant of the Home Server team to discuss the product and new Power Pack 1 release. Developers will also learn how to create Home Server plugins.

Building the "Good Enough" Framework

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:47:15 GMT

At DevLink a few weeks we held open spaces on the theme of "good enough". I started a topic on building internal application frameworks and re-usable code bases, thus the title. This was an interesting topic to me because my role at work the last several months has been to create this very thing. It is an interesting hat to wear because instead of a team's clients being entrenched in the business, the clients are fellow developers. The question is how do you go about building this type of framework and what are the things you should watch out for as you go down this path. Below are notes taken from this open space session along with other guidance. Please feel free to continue this conversation here and within your own blogs.